get rushed off (one's) feet

get rushed off (one's) feet

To be exceptionally busy, especially to an exhausting or exasperating degree; to be made to work very hard and very quickly. We have three parties of 40 scheduled for the dining room this evening, so all of our floor staff are going to get rushed off their feet.With three young kids, it's hard to remember a time when I didn't constantly get rushed off my feet.

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